TOP ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS
Volunteer Training: All of those who volunteer at Centennial whether you volunteer with youth, A/V, coffee hour, ushering, hospitality, care volunteers, or plan to volunteer in the future, we want all of you to join! We have three different sessions you can attend, please register by July 31st if you would like a volunteer T-Shirt (different color than last year). The sessions are:
Sunday, August 10th, 11:30am-12:30pm, SAP Campus. REGISTER HERE
Wednesday, August 13th, 6pm-7pm, RV Campus. REGISTER HERE
Sunday, August 17th, 10:30am-11:30am, RV Campus. REGISTER HERE
Sunday, August 10th, 11:30am-12:30pm, SAP Campus. REGISTER HERE
Wednesday, August 13th, 6pm-7pm, RV Campus. REGISTER HERE
Sunday, August 17th, 10:30am-11:30am, RV Campus. REGISTER HERE
Watch a message from Pastor Jen here!
Compassion
Books for a Buck: Sunday, July 20th, after worship, Roseville Campus Linden Lounge. Browse through the books and for only $1 take one home. Book donations are welcomed and can be placed in the bin at the Connection Point. Contact: Janet Folsom 612-396-9654
Kids in Need Foundation 2025: The Compassion Team is sponsoring a fund drive for KIN July 20-Aug 10. KIN provides underserved schools with the supplies needed for teachers to teach and learners to learn. School supplies and resources matter because they represent belonging and ownership of a student’s education and a teacher’s career. Students will recognize that they have choices and to make choices for themselves and their futures. For teachers facing rooms full of students struggling to break the cycle of poverty, supplies level the playing field so all students are prepared to learn when the bell rings. Cash contributions bring the most “bang for the buck” for KIN so we are asking for cash contributions (make checks payable to CUMC with KIN in the memo). Thank you in advance for the support of this worthwhile project.
Coffee Hour Volunteers: Volunteers are needed for the Sunday Coffee Hour at the Roseville Campus. [CLICK HERE] for easy online sign-up . If the link is not for you, please sign up on the paper form at the Roseville sign-up center or email Dodie | dodiewoodis@gmail.com with the Sunday(s) you are available.
Want to get involved? Contact: Randy Oelschlager rjjdo123@comcast.net
Kids in Need Foundation 2025: The Compassion Team is sponsoring a fund drive for KIN July 20-Aug 10. KIN provides underserved schools with the supplies needed for teachers to teach and learners to learn. School supplies and resources matter because they represent belonging and ownership of a student’s education and a teacher’s career. Students will recognize that they have choices and to make choices for themselves and their futures. For teachers facing rooms full of students struggling to break the cycle of poverty, supplies level the playing field so all students are prepared to learn when the bell rings. Cash contributions bring the most “bang for the buck” for KIN so we are asking for cash contributions (make checks payable to CUMC with KIN in the memo). Thank you in advance for the support of this worthwhile project.
Coffee Hour Volunteers: Volunteers are needed for the Sunday Coffee Hour at the Roseville Campus. [CLICK HERE] for easy online sign-up . If the link is not for you, please sign up on the paper form at the Roseville sign-up center or email Dodie | dodiewoodis@gmail.com with the Sunday(s) you are available.
Want to get involved? Contact: Randy Oelschlager rjjdo123@comcast.net
Discipleship
Just Like Me VBS 2025: Join us from 5-8pm on Wednesday evenings, July 9 to August 6 for “Just Like Me: Digging in and growing deep”, Centennial UMC’s summer Vacation Bible school. REGISTER HERE
Call for Life Together Group Leaders : At Centennial, we commit to walking alongside one another in our Christian faith - something that can be challenging in the rush of everyday life, but all the more important because of it. This fall, we'll kick off another round of Life Together Groups, and we're looking for a few volunteers to be a designated leader. Life Together Groups are a short-term, small group experience designed to deepen our faith through intentional listening, storytelling, and community.
Leaders would be asked to send out emails or texts to their group to remind folks know when and where the group is meeting, who is up on the schedule for sharing their story, and what guiding question(s) the group decided to focus on.
Life Together Groups are about more than simply getting together. As Tyler Sit writes in Staying Awake: The Gospel for Changemakers, "The goal of a Life Together Group is for people to practice loving each other, and that loving includes naming how God is showing up in people's lives. ... When we love each other, we learn how to love God; when we love God, we gain deeper capacity to love each other."
Each group meets weekly for about 6-8 weeks. At the first gathering, group members will create a shared covenant and choose one or two questions to guide their storytelling. Questions might include:
Fall groups will begin meeting in late September or October. If you could lead a group, please reach out to Pastor Jen, janderson@centennialumc.org.
Call for Life Together Group Leaders : At Centennial, we commit to walking alongside one another in our Christian faith - something that can be challenging in the rush of everyday life, but all the more important because of it. This fall, we'll kick off another round of Life Together Groups, and we're looking for a few volunteers to be a designated leader. Life Together Groups are a short-term, small group experience designed to deepen our faith through intentional listening, storytelling, and community.
Leaders would be asked to send out emails or texts to their group to remind folks know when and where the group is meeting, who is up on the schedule for sharing their story, and what guiding question(s) the group decided to focus on.
Life Together Groups are about more than simply getting together. As Tyler Sit writes in Staying Awake: The Gospel for Changemakers, "The goal of a Life Together Group is for people to practice loving each other, and that loving includes naming how God is showing up in people's lives. ... When we love each other, we learn how to love God; when we love God, we gain deeper capacity to love each other."
Each group meets weekly for about 6-8 weeks. At the first gathering, group members will create a shared covenant and choose one or two questions to guide their storytelling. Questions might include:
- When was the last time you felt truly alive?
- Who are you when you’re not busy?
- What could you do all day without getting tired of it?
- When have you experienced God’s presence most clearly?
- Where is God showing up in your life right now?
- What has your relationship with God looked like in different seasons of your life?
- Has your understanding of faith or church changed over time?
- What spiritual practices ground you or give you life?
Fall groups will begin meeting in late September or October. If you could lead a group, please reach out to Pastor Jen, janderson@centennialumc.org.
Bible Study at St. Anthony Park: *starting up again Fall 2025
Sundays 9:30am before worship, in the fellowship hall downstairs. | St. Anthony Park campus | Questions contact Alan O'Donnell, arodonnell@hotmail.com.
Online Bible Study: *starting up again Fall 2025
Tuesdays, 1:30pm with Pastor Whitney, wsheridan@centennialumc.org
Bible Study at Roseville Campus: *starting up again Fall 2025
Wednesdays, 6:00pm, Asbury 1. Questions contact Mark Meyer m1meyer@protonmail.com
Sundays 9:30am before worship, in the fellowship hall downstairs. | St. Anthony Park campus | Questions contact Alan O'Donnell, arodonnell@hotmail.com.
Online Bible Study: *starting up again Fall 2025
Tuesdays, 1:30pm with Pastor Whitney, wsheridan@centennialumc.org
Bible Study at Roseville Campus: *starting up again Fall 2025
Wednesdays, 6:00pm, Asbury 1. Questions contact Mark Meyer m1meyer@protonmail.com
Justice
Join a Team to Serve (not cook) One Meal Each Month to Project Home: Centennial’s Compassion Team is starting to recruit and organize teams to serve noon and evening meals on weekends to families experiencing homelessness at Interfaith Action’s Project Home. Project home is currently located Provincial House by St. Catherine University in St. Paul. In the coming few months Project Home will relocate to Energy Park Drive between Lexington and Snelling Avenue. You can sign up as an individual or as a group of 4-6 adults and youth, Centennial’s Compassion Team will work with individual sign ups to create teams with the goal of getting to know people from both campuses. It is most helpful to Project Home if teams, once formed, designate a regular schedule for volunteering, such as “first Saturday noon of the month.” It’s not necessary, but it is helpful. Interest Sign up are at the connect center or you can contact Compassion Team Member Betty Gumbrell bettygumbrell@outlook.com
Want to get involved? Contact: Monique Lindquist moniquelindquist@gmail.com
Worship
Worship at Roseville Campus is at 9:00am | Worship at St. Anthony Park is at 10:30am
Preaching This Week: Rev. Rachel Morey
Preaching This Week: Rev. Rachel Morey
Sermon Series - James: Faith that Moves: July 6th-20th. This series will walk through the book of James, tracing James’ call for a grounded, just, and action-oriented faith.
Upcoming Sermon Series - Esther: For Such a Time as This: July 27th-August 10th. This series walks through the story of Esther.
Star Words: As the Magi were led to Jesus by the guidance of a star, Star Words are spiritual focus words often distributed to congregations on Epiphany Sunday. These words are intended to inspire reflection, growth, and discernment throughout the year. [SIGN UP HERE] to receive prompts weekly for the year of 2025. If you did not receive a star word on January 5th and would like one email Pastor Jen | janderson@centennialumc.org
or Pastor Whitney | wsheridan@centennialumc.org
Upcoming Sermon Series - Esther: For Such a Time as This: July 27th-August 10th. This series walks through the story of Esther.
Star Words: As the Magi were led to Jesus by the guidance of a star, Star Words are spiritual focus words often distributed to congregations on Epiphany Sunday. These words are intended to inspire reflection, growth, and discernment throughout the year. [SIGN UP HERE] to receive prompts weekly for the year of 2025. If you did not receive a star word on January 5th and would like one email Pastor Jen | janderson@centennialumc.org
or Pastor Whitney | wsheridan@centennialumc.org
just like me vbs - week 1
COMMUNITY Info
State Fair Park and Ride: It’s that time of year again, the Minnesota State Fair is around the corner! Each year we are a part of the State Fair park and ride system. We are looking for 6 volunteers a day (4 on Sundays) from August 21st-September 1st to help run the parking lot to raise money for their prospective groups at Centennial. VIEW SIGN UP HERE! Questions? Contact Steve Rohde, srohde@centennialumc.org.
We are Hiring!: We are in the process of hiring a Children & Youth Minister for Centennial! You can view the indeed posting HERE or on the NOW HIRING PAGE.
We are Hiring!: We are in the process of hiring a Children & Youth Minister for Centennial! You can view the indeed posting HERE or on the NOW HIRING PAGE.
Download the Centennial App!: A new way to connect with groups, find events, watch past worship services, and give all in once place. Look up Centennial UMC in the apple or android app store! [CLICK HERE]